In a surprising turn of events, Masahiro Tanaka took a shutout into the eighth inning. He didn’t walk any batters and struck out 13, including the seven he caught swinging in the first three innings, and eight of the first 11 he faced.
Baseball Chatter May 20
Danny Salazar says he is healthy and his 95.1 mph fastball is …
Baseball Chatter 05/12
Kenta Maeda his best this season and perhaps the best of his career so far. He had no visible health issues during that game but manager Dave Roberts admitted that Maeda was haivng troubles with his hamstring a few weeks ago.
Baseball Chatter 04/26
Eric Thames just tied Willie Stargell for the most home runs against one team in April in major-league history and was promptly tested for PEDs after the game for the third time since spring.
Baseball Chatter 04/25
Dallas Keuchel has a 70 percent ground ball rate, which is significantly …
Baseball Chatter 04/20
Byron Buxton started last season just as sucky as this. He was sent down twice before he figured it out. He crushes everyone at Triple-A when he gets demoted so maybe the guy just starts the season slow